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Be inspired and amazed by these incredible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander icons! With …
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Be inspired and amazed by these incredible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander icons! With …
Howard Pedersen was a university student when he first sourced material for his thesis on the Bunuba resistance fighter, Jandamarra. A non-Indigenous collaborator, he then went on to work with Banjo Woorunmurra to record this important story. He has …
View Books by Howard PedersenHugh Dolan is a storyteller with a keen interest in Australian history. He is the author of a number of books on major Australian events, and now prefers to use the medium of graphic novels — or factual comics. Two of his latest titles — …
View Books by Hugh DolanIn her memoir Too Afraid to Cry, published in 2013, Indigenous poet Ali Cobby Eckermann related how …
Teacher ResourceJackie Huggins, a member of the Pitjara/Bidjara and Birri Gubba Juru people, is the Deputy Director, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Unit at the University of Queensland. In popular demand as a speaker on Aboriginal issues, she is a well-known …
View Books by Jackie HugginsThe epic and tragic story of Jandamarra, Indigenous hero of the Kimberley told through text and …
The true story of the Aboriginal resistance fighter, Jandamarra, whose legend is etched into the …
Teacher ResourceDr Jared Thomas is a Nukunu person of the Southern Flinders Ranges, William and Margaret Geary Research Fellow, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Material Culture and Art at the South Australian Museum and the University of South Australia, and …
View Books by Jared ThomasJoe Tramacchi was born in Gympie, Queensland. He was named after his mother's favourite uncle and grandfathers who came to Australia from Italy, in 1882 to work as charcoal burners and gold miners. Joe is the eldest of six children. After finishing …
View Books by Joe TramacchiJohnny Warrkatja Malibirr is a Yolŋu man from the Ganalbingu clan and is known for his paintings of Ganalbingu song lines as well as his mother’s Wägilak clan stories. Along with other members of his clan, Johnny keeps culture strong through …
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